Beach Party

1 9 6 3 (USA)

"It's what happens when 10,000 kids meet on 5,000 Beach Blankets!"

An anthropologist studying the sex habits of today's young people finds himself in the middle of a pie-throwing brawl. Great music from Dick Dale and the Del Tones.

The first and most famous of the Beach movies is something of a curiosity for the inclusion of Dick Dale and the Deltones who sang the title tune for A Swingin' Affair earlier in the year. Dale was the beach bum who played guitar and surfed on his own but finally rose to fame 32 years later with the hit soundtrack for Pulp Fiction. 

The movie was followed by four sequels. The first sequel, Muscle Beach Party, had Dick Dale, Brian Wilson and Stevie Wonder. The second, Bikini Beach, also had Little Stevie Wonder making his debut with hit song Fingertips.

The third, The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, featured the Bobby Fuller Four. The final instalment, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, featured a performance by The Kingsmen of Louie, Louie fame.  They also put on their clothes for Ski Party that featured Leslie Gore, James Brown and the Hondells.